Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

BLAISEDELL CENTER
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sat 2 December, 2006

SET 1
Oceans
Corduroy
Animal
Do The Evolution
World Wide Suicide
Severed Hand
Given To Fly
Love Boat Captain
Wishlist
Even Flow
You Are
Unemployable
Jeremy
Wasted Reprise
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
Hawaii 78
Better Man
Porch
ENCORE 1
Inside Job
Man Of The Hour
Last Kiss
Crazy Mary
Black
Alive
ENCORE 2
You're True
Smile
Why Go
Big Wave
Life Wasted
Rockin' In The Free World
Yellow Ledbetter
Little Wing

boyo79 wrote:

Toronto '09

Excellent start to proceedings with Of The Girl. They should open with this more often! Corduroy continues the great start, the band hitting form early on. Brain Of J is awesome and I Am Mine and The Fixer follow. Given To Fly sounds strangely low-key, Off He Goes and Even Flow are opposite ends of the scale but work well together. Stone apologises at the end Unemployable saying he fucked it up. Faithfull is really on form here and the back end of the set ends with 1/2 Full, Lukin (lyrics changed to 'Chelios' I think), Not For You and Evolution.

1st encore begins with Inside Job, followed by Wishlist and a really good Black with Alive closing. For the 2nd encore Small Town starts with Wasted Reprise segueing into Better Man. Porch is outstanding and it is left to Rockin' In The Free World to close the show

A good boot.

Damn, that set list sounds very promising indeed. Will have to check it out. It's great you always put in some more substantial reviews. Very useful.

papa_pearls_jam.pj20 wrote:

Wrigley 13.

Then, Wrigley 13.

After that, Wrigley 13.

Oh, then...Wrigley 13.

me too

boyo79 wrote:

Toronto '09

Excellent start to proceedings with Of The Girl. They should open with this more often! Corduroy continues the great start, the band hitting form early on. Brain Of J is awesome and I Am Mine and The Fixer follow. Given To Fly sounds strangely low-key, Off He Goes and Even Flow are opposite ends of the scale but work well together. Stone apologises at the end Unemployable saying he fucked it up. Faithfull is really on form here and the back end of the set ends with 1/2 Full, Lukin (lyrics changed to 'Chelios' I think), Not For You and Evolution.

1st encore begins with Inside Job, followed by Wishlist and a really good Black with Alive closing. For the 2nd encore Small Town starts with Wasted Reprise segueing into Better Man. Porch is outstanding and it is left to Rockin' In The Free World to close the show

A good boot.

That was a good show, probably biggest footnote is that they opened up for themselves as Ted Leo couldnt cross the border.

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Thunderbay 2005.

Always nice to have present tense as an opener, and a solid version of it as well. From what I can recall reading, the venue was quite small with bleachers and extremely hot. Nonetheless, the boys seem very happy to play for this intimate setting. A nice setlist with several personal favorites; breakerfall, cropduster, light years, driven to tears and I am mine. You can tell the boys were relaxed but still put on a tight show. The kid singing "yeah" during ritfw is annoying as hell, but still one of my favorite bootlegs. It holds a special spot for me because it was one of my first bootlegs i ever heard and one that got me addicted.

Those Canadian 2005 shows are something else. I haven't heard the one you refer to yet, but the subsequent Kitchener and, especially, London shows have always been favorites of mine.

gunter1976 wrote:

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Thunderbay 2005.

Always nice to have present tense as an opener, and a solid version of it as well. From what I can recall reading, the venue was quite small with bleachers and extremely hot. Nonetheless, the boys seem very happy to play for this intimate setting. A nice setlist with several personal favorites; breakerfall, cropduster, light years, driven to tears and I am mine. You can tell the boys were relaxed but still put on a tight show. The kid singing "yeah" during ritfw is annoying as hell, but still one of my favorite bootlegs. It holds a special spot for me because it was one of my first bootlegs i ever heard and one that got me addicted.

Those Canadian 2005 shows are something else. I haven't heard the one you refer to yet, but the subsequent Kitchener and, especially, London shows have always been favorites of mine.

London 05 especially is exceptional both in terms of setlist and performance. Definitely in my top 10 boots. 05 had some of the best sets and highest energy from the band.

Need to get back on the bootleg trail after the Wrigley experience. Taking a little break.

Listened to a bunch on the road trip up there and back.

Thinking about hitting up some 2000 boots next.

gunter1976 wrote:

I think the same can be said about the 2006 stretch. Have been re-listening several of those shows these last couple of days, and the sound is simply impeccable, as is the energy, song selection, and performance.

2006 is right with 2005 IMHO, so I definitely agree. The 06 boots sound a bit better than the 05, but 05 wins on setlist and is tied on performance.

YLed2 wrote:

Oh man...what a night Wrigley was. I've been waiting before I give my full Wrigley review because it's still all sinking in and still processing at this point. It's going to be a long review, but needless to say, the show was unbelievable and you won't be disappointed with the boot whenever it's released. All I can say now is that everyone was on point and on fire all night long. Especially Ed, he was so dialed in and sounded STRONG. Best I've heard him in some time. Plenty of highlights and superb performances throughout the night - it really was a flawless show.

I agree, from the 2000 boots I've listened to - the Euro shows sound better and there is a contrast. I do think I'm going to start revisiting some of those 2000 Euro shows here soon. Which 2000 Euro shows are your favorite?

For my bootleg and show review needs, you're at the top of the list so I cannot wait to read the review. I'm curious how a show like Wrigley and PJ20 compares to the low key shows we've seen in Bristow and Atlanta, for example. For that matter, I'm anxious to compare the next 5 shows combined between the two of us with Dallas, Oklahoma City, Seattle, Charlottesville and Charlotte (but that will come much later). Basically all shows are 'good', but some have a distinct flavor and vibe. I used to view it as competition of who received a better show or setlist, now I just love knowing how shows compare or contrast. :corn:

Anyways, you know I'm more of a performance and setlist flow kind of guy, more so than setlist alone. With that in mind, Cardiff and Praha are my top 2 Euro 2000 boots. Those two never get old. The obvious Katowice II is amazing, as is the often mentioned Milan. The ones not mentioned too often are Hamburg and Oslo. Both are very tight shows with very different vibes. Hamburg is a darker, hard rocking show. Oslo is a more mellow one that needs a good listen to let it sink in, pay close attention to Matt that night.

west palm beach fl.-06-11-08